Team Lilliebridge

TEAM LILLIEBRIDGE / THE LILLIEBRIDGE FAMILY has been a recognized name in powerlifting for decades. Ernie Lilliebridge Sr., Ernie Lilliebridge Jr., and Eric Lilliebridge built their reputations through years of competition, record setting performances, coaching, and strength training at the highest levels of the sport. Across multiple weight classes and federations, the family has accumulated All Time world records, national records, elite totals, and some of the strongest raw performances of their era. Team Lilliebridge was built around a simple philosophy, train hard, stay consistent, learn through experience, and let the results speak for themselves. What began as a family passion for strength evolved into a house hold name known throughout the powerlifting community.

Ernie Lilliebridge SR

Ernie Lilliebridge SR began lifting at just 10 years old and entered competitive powerlifting as a teenager. What initially started as a way to become stronger for martial arts quickly developed into a lifelong passion for strength training and powerlifting.

Over the following decades, Ernie Sr. competed across numerous federations and equipment categories, including raw, raw with wraps, and multi ply competition. His OpenPowerlifting history documents competition well into his 40s and includes organizations such as the APF, UPA, RPS, USAPL, WPC and others.

Throughout his career, Ernie Sr. established numerous national and world level performances while also becoming known for his ability to coach and develop other lifters. One of his biggest raw with wraps squats was 881lb, a performance for the All Time World Record Squat at 275lbs. OpenPowerlifting currently lists his database best raw with wraps squat at 400 kg / 881 Ib and his best raw with wraps total at 975.5 kg / 2,150 Ib. His recorded multi ply total reached 1,037.5 kg / 2,287 lb.

But Ernie Sr.'s impact goes far beyond his own lifting. As the father and coach behind Team Lilliebridge, he played a major role in developing both Ernie Jr and Eric from young lifters into internationally recognized powerlifters. His decades of competition experience, coaching knowledge and practical approach to strength training became the foundation of the Lilliebridge training philosophy.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

881 Ib raw with wraps squat 2,100+ Ib raw with wraps total 2,287 Ib multi ply total Multiple national and world record performances Decades of competitive powerlifting and coaching

 

Gym numbers raw

Squat	Bench	Deadlift	Total
881 lbs	550 lbs	805 lbs	2236 lbs

Ernie Lilliebridge JR

Ernie Lilliebridge JR began strength training at a young age and entered the sport of powerlifting alongside his father and brother. After competing as a teenager, Ernie Jr. went on to build a competitive career spanning more than two decades, competing across the 198 lb, 220 Ib and 242 Ib weight classes.

At 198 Ib, Ernie Jr established multiple world record squats 370.5 / 816 lb  and world record totals, ultimately totaling 2,028 Ib at 198 Ib bodyweigh. That performance became one of the defining achievements of his career and helped establish him among the elite raw with wraps lifters of his generation.

He competed in the 220Ib class, where OpenPowerlifting documents a 2,001 Ib total at 220 lb bodyweight, and eventually into the 242 Ib class, where his strongest recorded totals continued climbing. In 2023, at the XPC Worlds at the Arnold, Ernie Jr. totaled 938.9 kg / 2,071 Ib at approximately 241 lb bodyweight: Squat: 367.4 kg / 810 lb / Bench Press: 201.8 kg / 445 Ib / Deadlift: 369.6 kg / 815 lb/ Total: 938.9 kg / 2,071 lb He returned to the Arnold injured in 2024 and won his class with a 907.1 kg / 2,000 Ib total.

Across his career, Ernie Jr. has accumulated world records, national records, major meet victories and elite totals across three different weight classes. Beyond competition, he has spent decades studying training, programming, recovery, fasting, nutrition and strength performance through real world application. That experience now forms a major part of Team Lilliebridge and the training information passed on to the next generation of lifters.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

All Time World record squat at 198 Ib World record 2,028 Ib total at 198 Ib / 2,001 Ib total at 220 lb. 854 Ib career best competition squat/ 815 lb competition deadlift / 2,071 Ib competition total at 242Ib Multiple national and world records More than two decades of competitive powerlifting.

 

Gym numbers raw

Squat	Bench	Deadlift	Total
855 lbs	505 lbs	840 lbs	2200 lbs

 

Eric Lilliebridge

Eric Lilliebridge began strength training at home before eventually joining his father and brother in serious powerlifting training. After entering competition as a teenager, Eric rapidly developed into one of the strongest raw powerlifters of his generation.

Throughout his career Eric competed primarily in the 275 Ib and 308 Ib weight classes and established a series of world record performances in the squat, deadlift and total. His competition history spans more than 50 meet entries from 2004 through 2018, with over 10+ documented world record performances across multiple weight classes.

At the 2016 UPA Iron Battle on the Mississippi, Eric produced one of the biggest performances of his career. Squat: 477.5 kg / 1,053 Ib / Bench Press: 250 kg / 551 lb / Deadlift: 387.5 kg / 855 lb / Total: 1,115 kg / 2,458 Ib That 1,053 Ib squat and 2,458 Ib total both established world records at the time. Earlier that same year, competing completely raw without knee wraps, Eric totaled: Squat: 417.5 kg / 921 Ib / Bench Press: 247.5 kg / 546 lb / Deadlift: 410 kg / 904 Ib / Total:1,075 kg / 2,370 Ib Even years after his competitive career, those performances remain near the top of the historical rankings.

Eric's 1,053 Ib squat currently ranks #2 all time in the 140 kg / 308 Ib raw with wraps class, while his 2,458 Ib total ranks #3 all time in that same class in the current database. His 1,053 Ib squat also remains one of the heaviest raw with-wraps squats ever performed by any lifter regardless of bodyweight.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

1,053 Ib raw with wraps squat 2,458 Ib raw with wraps total 921 lb raw squat without wraps 904 Ib raw deadlift 2,370 Ib completely raw total over 10+ documented world records #2 all time 308 Ib raw with-wraps squat #3 all time 308 Ib raw with wraps total

 

Gym numbers raw

Squat	Bench	Deadlift	Total
1058 lbs	570 lbs	920 lbs	2548 lbs